Tyres
addostoat2009
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Hi
Hope you guys can help, I have changed 100s of inner tubes since I started riding but I have a new bike that I am struggling to put in a new inner tube. When I say struggling, I mean tire levers thrown across the garden, swearing, hitting the pump against the wall, I am sure you get the idea. The bike has a Fulcrum wheel set and came with 700 Gatorskins, along the side of the wheel it says 622-25.
Getting the tyre off was very difficult, almost like the tyre is too small for the wheel, getting it back it an absolute knuckle skinning nightmare. Managed to get the tyre back on but destroyed two inner tubes in the process, am I missing something simple? I thought 622 wheels would take 700s easily.
Thanks in advance.
Hope you guys can help, I have changed 100s of inner tubes since I started riding but I have a new bike that I am struggling to put in a new inner tube. When I say struggling, I mean tire levers thrown across the garden, swearing, hitting the pump against the wall, I am sure you get the idea. The bike has a Fulcrum wheel set and came with 700 Gatorskins, along the side of the wheel it says 622-25.
Getting the tyre off was very difficult, almost like the tyre is too small for the wheel, getting it back it an absolute knuckle skinning nightmare. Managed to get the tyre back on but destroyed two inner tubes in the process, am I missing something simple? I thought 622 wheels would take 700s easily.
Thanks in advance.
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700c = 622 ERTO which is the standard for sizing rims and tyres. Some combos of rim and tyre can be tricky and can be aided by good technique and ditching the thick plastic rimtape if fitted and using a thinner cloth one.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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They have a reputation for being more difficult to fit than other tyres. If they are warm it helps, sunshine, if you have any, if you are at home then warm water, but really it is down to technique decent tyre levers and loadsa patience.
Take them to the Lbs and ask to watch how they do it...just to watch them struggle too, it will make you feel better
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Campagnolo/fulcrum with conti's i have always found very tight...the exact reason I always run them...call it paranoid in case of a flat there is some chance they might stay on.
Like team47 says, having them warm helps, as does standing on the tyre and stretching a tiny bit right before you fit.
In the end, it's practice and strong fingers, I always avoid using levers to fit them, but getting them off is another attire
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